From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=linux.ibm.com (client-ip=148.163.158.5; helo=mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com; envelope-from=stewart@linux.ibm.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.ibm.com Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com [148.163.158.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41gKdV50zszF10S for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 14:12:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pps.filterd (m0098413.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w7148c35031918 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:12:11 -0400 Received: from e15.ny.us.ibm.com (e15.ny.us.ibm.com [129.33.205.205]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2kk5ggg7mb-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:12:11 -0400 Received: from localhost by e15.ny.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:12:10 -0400 Received: from b01cxnp23033.gho.pok.ibm.com (9.57.198.28) by e15.ny.us.ibm.com (146.89.104.202) with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted; (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256) Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:12:08 -0400 Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com [9.57.199.106]) by b01cxnp23033.gho.pok.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id w714C7OZ14942630 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 1 Aug 2018 04:12:07 GMT Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100C328058; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:11:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30FD28059; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:11:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from birb.localdomain (unknown [9.185.142.68]) by b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:11:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by birb.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B4B734EC629; Wed, 1 Aug 2018 14:12:05 +1000 (AEST) From: Stewart Smith To: Jeremy Kerr , Vernon Mauery Cc: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Virtual Media In-Reply-To: References: <69abb9a05c7d01b71cd4a69f3e7c548e@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20180731180257.GJ105329@mauery> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:12:05 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18080104-0068-0000-0000-00000320EC7D X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00009465; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000266; SDB=6.01068688; UDB=6.00549422; IPR=6.00846950; MB=3.00022432; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-08-01 04:12:09 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18080104-0069-0000-0000-0000453AC5B2 Message-Id: <87wotag1yi.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:, , definitions=2018-08-01_01:, , signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=942 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1806210000 definitions=main-1808010044 X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:12:15 -0000 Jeremy Kerr writes: >> RO files should really be the biggest use case for this -- host OS >> installs and such. I really don't know how much people will complain if >> we take their RW files away. > > Yes, I'd agree there. As above, I'm not sure how much this would be > used. The one use-case I can imagine is a small writeable filesystem for > saving debug logs (in our case, from petitboot). However, we also have > actual host network available at that point... zmodem over the terminal right to the browser! (only slightly not joking) -- Stewart Smith OPAL Architect, IBM.